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Patented July 28, 190..

PATENT UEEICE.

GEORGE D. OLAPP, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WELT-SUPPO RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,820, dated July 28, 1903.

, Application led December B, 1902. Serial No. 134,282. (No model.)

To all whom. it nea/y concer-71): A

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. CLAPP, of

` Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement'. in Welt- Supports, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like'parts.

In the manufacture of welted boots and shoes it 4is desirable to use U-shaped welts instead of strip-welting, and these U-shaped welts are made of dierent sizes and widths holding device embodying this invention having three welt-holdersarranged side by side and supported on asingle frame. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional detail of one of the welt-holders; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the welt-holders, showing a welt Vwhilebeing taken therefrom and another Welt While being lifted above the weltretaining shoulder.

a represents a base to which a frame is conneoted adapted to be adjusted on a horizontal axis. The frame,as herein shown, comprises a cross-bar a', bearing three upright arms a2- and a downwardly-extending projection or ear a3, which latter enters a slot a4, formed in the top of the base at and which is attached to said base byascrew a5. At the upper end of each arm a2 awelt-holderis provided which is adapted to be adjusted on the arm on a vertical axis to vary the precise location Where the welts are to be presented, to thereby better accommodate the convenience of the operator. The welt-holders are made alike, or substantially so. Three welt holders are herein shown merely for the sake of illustration, as any other number may be employed,

yet in practice three seem 'to be sufficient for the different sizes. The welt-holder comprises -a frame b, having a socketed boss b on its under side, which fits loosely upon the upper end of the arm u?, and a set-screw b2 passes through said boss o', which engages the arm and holds the frame in adjusted position thereon. By loosening the setscrew the frame may be turned on a vertical axis.

The frameb is inclined to provide for the' downward passage of the welts, and the inclination is of an angle to enable the welts to slide down freely,.and said angle may be adjusted moreor less by tilting the supportingbe of any other form, and at or near theA junction of said frame and bara .Welt-retain-` ing shoulder b3 is formed, which, as herein shown, is formed on the upper side of the frame b. A number of U-shaped welts will be placed on the inclined bar c and will slidedownagainstthe welt-retaining shoulder and Will be held by said shoulder from further downward movement.

The frame b has a longitudinal groove b4 lformed in its upper side adapted to receive an arni d, which is pivoted at d to said frame. The arm dis made as a flat plate or'blade and is substantially as long as the frame b. The pivoted arm is inclined and is held by a spring cl2 in a position approximately in parallelism with the inclined side of the frame b. The upper end of the pivoted arm d passes by the welt-retaining shoulder b3 for a short distance, and when the upper end of said arm is raised one of the Weits on the bar c next the shoulder Will be lifted by said arm to a position above the shoulder in order that it may pass over the shoulder and slide down into position to be grasped by the operator. The pivoted arm d has at its lower or outer end a detent d3, which serves as a welt-retaining detent, and the welt, which is lifted by the opposite end of said arm to a position above the shoulder, slides down the inclined arm and comes to a position of rest when it engages said detent.

The frame b has a recess be near its lower end for purposes to be described, yet the longitudinal groove b4 extends the entire length `of the frame, so that at the lower end of the frame a bifurcated nose is formed or provided, which is represented at o7. The pivoted arm IOO is made long enoughfto project a short distance beyond the nose 197 and is adapted vto be moved up and down in the groove in 'said nose. The outer side or face of the nose 127 is curved, and lthe pivot of the arm CZ is located eccentric to the curvature of-said nose, so that as the lower or outer end of the arm is drawn down into the groove in the nose the detent d3 will gradually pass into or enter said groove, and when said outer end of the arm arrives at its lowermost position it will terminate substantially iiush with the outer face of the nose. The arm is drawn down on its pivot by the operator taking hold of and pulling upon the welt, which is supported at the outer end of said arm, and as the outer end of the arm arrives at its lowermost position the Welt will be positively disdown into engagement with the detent d3.

The nose 57, formed by the recess bs, acts to catch a welt which slides down the inclined support too quickly, and thereby prevents the same from dropping off the inclined support in case it should arrive at the lower end A. before the arm has resumed its normal elevated position. If, however, a welt should be caught by said nose, it will be afterward lifted by the outer end of the arm out of engagement with said nose as said arm resumes its normal position.

When using three welt-holders, as herein shown, three different sizes may be presented to the operator and said holders may be turned in dierent ways to accommodate the convenienceof the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A welt-holder consisting of an inclined weltsupport having a welt-retaining shoulder, an arm pivoted to said welt-support having a welt-retaining detent at one end, its opposite end passing by said shoulder and servingas a means of lifting one of the welts above said shoulder, substantially as described.

2. A Welt-holder consisting of an inclined Welt-supportadjustable on avertical axis,hav ing a welt-retaining shoulder, an arm pivoted to said welt-support having a welt-retaining detent at one end, its opposite end passingby said shoulder and serving as a means of lifting one of the welts above said shoulder, substantially as described.

3. A welt-holder consisting of an inclined welt-support having a welt-retaining shoulder, a frame bearing said welt-support adjustable on a horizontal axis, an arm pivoted to said welt-support having a welt-retaining detent at one end, its opposite end passing by said shoulder and serving as a means of lifting one of the welts above said shoulder, substantia-lly as described. p

4. A welt-holder consisting of an inclined welt-support having a-welt-retaining shoulder anda groove, an arm placed in said groove and pivoted to said welt-support having a welt-retaining detent at one end, its opposite end passing said shoulder and serving as a means of lifting one of the welts above said shoulder, substantially as described..

5. A welt-holder consisting of an inclined welt-support having awelt-r'etaining shoulder and a groove, and a nose having a curved face, an arm placed in said groove and pivoted to said welt-support eccentric to the curvature of the nose, having a welt-retaining detent at one end, its opposite end passing by said shoulder and serving as a means of lifting one of the welts above said shoulder, substantially as described.

6. A weit-holder consisting of an inclined welt-support having a welt-retaining shoulder and a recess, an arm pivoted to said weltsupport which crosses said recess and also passes by said shoulder having a welt-retaining detent at its outer end, substantially as described.

7. A welt-holder consisting of an inclined welt-support comprising an inclined frame `and a bar removably connected thereto, and having a welt-retaining shoulder approximately at the junction 'of said frame and bar, an arm pivoted to said frame having a Weltretaining detent at its outer end, its opposite end passing by said shoulder and serving as a means of lifting one of the welts above the shoulder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE D. CLAPP.

WVitnesses:

LOUIS H. HARRIMAN, H. B. DAVIS. 

